Help! Not losing weight (while weighing food , counting calories and exercising).

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  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    ShrinkinMel wrote: »
    Why would you add the 1200 basal it's already ingrained in mfp's calculations. Stop adding anything other than your actual intential workout. Eat what mfp gives for target and the workout calories if you are hungry enough.

    Steps from everyday life regardless, of what you did "before" are on your basal target of you want to count that pick a bit more lightly active and again only track or sync intentional workouts.

    Sorry not sure who you're talking too, but this is how most people seem to use Fitbits.

    1: Set activity level on MFP as sedentary
    2: Link Fitbit
    3: Allow negative adjustments
    4: Use the new Fitbit adjusted calorie allowance

    Doing this means that I generally start the day at around -80 calories and then as my step count and activity level goes up I start getting calories added instead of subtracted. I generally get at least 20000 steps in and a credit of around 1000 Calories daily. Yes I could change my activity level on MFP but then there are occasional days when I get fewer steps in and the MFP/Fitbit combo adjusts my calorie allowance for this, just as it does on the days I get 40000+ steps.

    By doing this I've lost 77.5lb over the last 202 days, which works out at around 2.5lb/week which is almost exactly in line with Fitbit's projections. If I didn't use the Fitbit adjustments for calories (I mostly don't eat them all, but do occasionally) I would be seriously under-eating on my more active days and over-eating on my less active. I personally find the Fitbit adjustments far more accurate than MFP numbers for walking etc and it doesn't matter whether the 20000 steps are in short bursts or all at once it still requires energy to move my fat @rse around.

    Look on the Fitbit numbers being a fluid and ever changing active level rather than your set in stone sedentary, lightly active, very active that MFP gives you to choose from.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Here's mine for comparison. Admittedly I'm struggling to trust these numbers..
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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
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  • Myjourney2345
    Myjourney2345 Posts: 116 Member
    edited May 2016
    ShrinkinMel wrote: »
    Why would you add the 1200 basal it's already ingrained in mfp's calculations. Stop adding anything other than your actual intential workout. Eat what mfp gives for target and the workout calories if you are hungry enough.

    Steps from everyday life regardless, of what you did "before" are on your basal target of you want to count that pick a bit more lightly active and again only track or sync intentional workouts.

    I am only adding calories from exercise...I am not adding 1,210 calories....
    My base calorie consumption from MFP is 1,210 (my profile is set on sedentary and I am expected to lose one pound) +350 calories on an average from exercise....I am not factoring any additional activity into that equation and I decided to reduce my calories to 1,500-1,600 calories a day and see what happens.

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